Folding sketch-pad.



G. MORRISON.

FOLDING SKETCH PAD.

APPLIOATION FILED-JUNE 1,1910,

978,390, Patented D60. 13,1910.

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GERTRUDE MORRISON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

FOLDING SKETCH-PAD.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GERTRUDE MORRISON, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York city, in the county of New York and State of NewYork, have invented a new and useful Folding Sketch-Pad, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in folding sketch pads or boards.

The objects of this invention are, first, to combine a sketching pad ordrawing or sketching board with a receptacle for draw'- ing or paintingmaterial; second, to make a sketching pad or board with an attachedcover with which the work and material may be quickly and easily coveredand protected, with especial reference to pastels; third, to make asketching pad or board which can be easily held in one hand when in use,or transformed into a lap easel; fourth, to make a sketching board inwhich the paper or other surface for drawing or painting may be easilyaffixed and removed without injury to the same and without the use oftacks, etc.; fifth, to make a light and at the same time durablesketching pad or board, so constructed that all the apparatus foroutdoor sketching may be carried in one compact parcel.

The invention consists in novel features and parts and combinations ofthe same which will be more fully described hereafter and then pointedout in the claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in whichthe same characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in allviews.

Figure 1 is a top surface View of the said invention; Fig. 2 is a sideview of the same; Fig. 3 is a view of the under surface; Fig. 4 is aside View when the parts composing the lap easel are in position.

To a board (A) of suitable material are fastened at one end boxes (C)suitable in size and number for the drawing or painting materials to beused. To the boxes (C) may be fastened a lid (L) lined with cottonbatting or other similar material to protect the chalk, pastels, paint,etc. To the opposite end of the board (A) is attached by hinges (H H) aflap (D), preferably of slightly flexible metal, which turns down overthe space (E) where drawing paper, etc., is to be placed, and is heldflat by buttons (G G) or pivoted clips with sufficient Specification ofLetters Patent.

Application filed June 1, 1910.

Patented Dec. 13, 1910. Serial No. 564,527.

play on their pivots to allow the introduction under them of the flap(D) and the necessary amount of drawing paper, thereby holding saidpaper in place without punctui ing or injuring it. At the other end ofthe space (B) where it adjoins the boxes (0) is fastened a wire (F),slightly springy, so pivoted that it can rotate only in one plane-z'. e.substantially parallel to that of the board (A). This wire when swung inat right angles to the side extends across the width of the board (A)and holds the lower edge of the paper to the space (B).

At the upper edge of the boxes (C) is fastened a cover (E), by hinges (NN), which may be composed of two flat pieces of suitable material joinedat (M), the smaller piece being in width approximately the same as theheight of the boxes (C) so as to allow the Whole cover when doubled backto fold under the board (A) at a convenient angle, the hinges (M M)being so placed and constructed that the cover (E) cannot be bent in theopposite direction but when brought over the inner side of the drawingspace (B) shall be a stiff fiat cover, fastened down at (S) with a claspof suitable construction. This cover may, if preferred, be composed of asingle solid piece. It should be lined with oil paper or similarmaterial to protect the surface of the sketch when superimposed on it.

To the back of the board (A) are afiixed two straps (P P), loose enoughto allow the hand to be shoved flat under them so as to hold the boardwhen in use. To back of board (A) are also hinged, at. (O 0), two sticksor slats (J J), held flat against the back when not in use by turnbuttons (K K) but having their lower ends fitting into holes or grooves(R) in the back side of the cover (E) when it is doubled back to receivethe same, as shown clearly in Fig. 4, composing an easel for use whenplaced on the lap or table.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

1. A device of the character described with a hinged cover, a device forattaching paper on the pad or board, boxes fixed at one end thereof,having on the under surface or back thereof straps or bands adapted forthe insertion of the hand beneath them, and having also attached byhinge to the back of the said board sticks or slats adapted to fit intoholes or grooves in the outside of the hinged cover of the said boardWhen bent back to receive the same, all sub stantially as set forth forthe purposes 5 specified.

' folded over the drawing surface and,'at the other end of the drawingsurface, a pivoted Wire rotating on the same plane With the board, allsubstantially as described for the purposes specified.

GERTRUDE MORRISON.

'Wit-nesses WILLIAM A. EVANS, Tnos. J. DUNN.

